Abstract: The present invention relates to a means and method for allowing numerous clients with handheld portable computing devices, set top boxes, or any other computer device to actively participate in games and other programs which normally require larger computers in a fixed location having relatively large bandwidth capacity; the invention can be interfaced with a custom client console, more specifically a gaming console, which extends into multimedia application delivery and. in particular, discloses a software codec which: (1) Controls multimedia content flow to and from a centralized server network, as well as other console peers: (2) Comprises an integrated peer to peer Server/Client Daemon with Integrated compression and decompression; 3) Uses a cloud store and forward transport encapsulated over the international standard TCP/IP protocol; (4) Includes a Best Source Seeking Algorithm; and (5) Provides a Local Cluster Multi-Cast Daemon, Real Time Performance Reporter and Reviewer.